Mr. WALLACE: The question, Billie, that I was going to ask was why so many jazz greats seem to die so early?

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The important question to ask is why so many people so quickly posted a declaration that falls somewhere between the ineffective and the ridiculous.

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But before oil euphoria kicks in, Brazil's leaders should ask themselves why so many other countries have made bigger returns from a much smaller natural endowment.

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We will ask ourselves in 3 years why so many people treated him deferentially in 2011, such as interviewing him as an expert on global tax policy on 60 Minutes recently.

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If this -- if the number one threat to the United States is now Yemen, the question that a lot of Americans may ask is then why is there so many troops in Afghanistan?

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Bank examiners start to ask bankers: Why do you have so many highly leveraged transaction loans?

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And why, you may ask, do so many investors make this mistake (over and over again)?

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That's also why so many taxpayers actually ask the government to withhold more money from their paychecks than they need to--effectively paying their taxes upfront while giving the government an interest-free loan--because it's the only way they can be sure they'll have enough to pay the IRS when April 15 rolls around.

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One has to ask the obvious question: why have European banks bought so many government bonds?

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But the one question so many otherwise thoughtful people no longer care to ask, among the so many others they entertain, is why Islam.

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